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Conflict

Shut down the ‘shut down’ movement.

It’s a tantrum, not a long-term antiwar strategy.

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Conflict Theology

War as tikkun olam?

”Tony Blair always leaves you with the impression that for him the Iraq war is just one hammer and one nail in an effort to do tikkun olam, to repair the world.“

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Mormonism Reading Scripture

‘Thou sayest.’

Elizabeth Smart’s answer to police officers is being described as “Bible speak,” but it’s even more interesting than that.

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Conflict Worship

Helping people talk about war.

Plus worship resources from mainline denominations.

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Conflict

Neither gung-ho nor antiwar.

Joseph Nye evaluates the merits of Bush’s war plan.

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Mormonism

Utah’s wacky prophets.

We’ll be hearing more about the strange kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart, but here’s a start on the “prophet” who abducted her.

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Conflict

Deadly peace.

“Morally, politically, financially, containing Iraq is one of the costliest failures in the history of American foreign policy.”

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Journalism Unitarian Universalism

Another Unitarian Universalist blogger.

Another UU World contributor has a blog worth your attention.

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Conflict

Going alone.

“The issue here isn’t that France opposes us. That doesn’t bother me particularly. The real point is that everyone opposes us. Everyone.”

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Conflict

Military missions.

“The US government had grown increasingly dependent on its military to carry out its foreign affairs.”